While not as meaty or fully featured as the actual newspaper (or its website), The New York Times' first stab at an iPad reader is a clean and easy-to-read digest of handpicked news stories, features, and editorials. Whether in portrait or landscape orientation, NYT Editors' Choice scales nicely to your preference, delivering clear text, sharp photography, and simple commands that let you quickly change pages with a single tap or swipe.

NYT's story listings utilize a crisp, newspaper-like approach.

NYT Editors' Choice separates its content into five pre-set categories -- news, business, technology, opinion, and features -- and is updated continuously with the latest picks in each department. As a free app, you'll put up with banner ads on the main screens and later pages of stories, as well as occasional full-screen ads that appear while transitioning to articles.

Each story fills the screen with easy-to-read text and sharp images.

We have no complaints with the quality of the editorial content, but rather the quantity: as a collection of top articles, the breadth and scope of the coverage pales in comparison to what you'd find on the actual website.

For readers on the go, it's a great way to survey the day's top stories, and we can only hope that the promised updates deliver greater features and customization options in the future.

NYT Editors' Choice 1.0.1
COMPANY: The New York Times Company
CONTACT: www.nytimes.com
PRICE: Free
REQUIREMENTS: iPad
Clean and easy to read; sharp photography; easy navigation.
Not as much content as we'd like.